Figures Don't Lie | |
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Directed by | A. Edward Sutherland |
Screenplay by | Ethel Doherty Grover Jones Louise Long Herman J. Mankiewicz |
Story by | B. F. Zeidman |
Produced by | B. P. Schulberg Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Esther Ralston Richard Arlen Ford Sterling Doris Hill Blanche Payson Natalie Kingston |
Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Figures Don't Lie is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Ethel Doherty and Louise Long from an adaptation by Grover Jones of a story by B. F. Zeidman, with intertitles by Herman J. Mankiewicz.[1] The film stars Esther Ralston, Richard Arlen, Ford Sterling, Doris Hill, Blanche Payson, and Natalie Kingston. The film was released on October 9, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.[2][3]
According to the AFI, the plot of this lost film revolved around Janet Wells, the secretary of "Howdy" Jones, whose wife's jealous behaviour is problematic, and other flirting attempts among them and other company employees, including the new sales manager, Bob Blewe, and Dolores, a stenographer.[1]